I watched XM 968 (Q) go in on 24 Feb 77.
One remembers two things about that:
1. Nearly being rubbed out by Harry Staish at warp factor lots in his staff car, going the wrong way round the one-way system to get out of the main gate to the crash site! (why?).
2. Story from a mate who was at home on Bottom Patch. Wifey at kitchen sink looking out of window.
"Dave, they don't normally do parachuting on the Station do they??" bless